Comparative Paper

Comparative writing: Dracula and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Note: These are options; you should feel free to create your own questions as well.

Requirements: 500 - 700 words; 2-3 pieces of textual evidence

Questions:

In the novels Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Dracula, what is significant about the death of the antagonists?

How are the male characters portrayed in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Dracula?

How do the authors of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Dracula criticize science and praise the
supernatural?

What is the significance of the weather in both Dracula and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and in Dracula, what attitude is expressed toward
scientific knowledge?

What is the significance of the physical descriptions of both Dracula and Mr. Hyde? How do these descriptions mark them as evil?

How do Dracula and Mr. Hyde bring out evil in other people?

What is the nature of evil in Dracula and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

What is the nature of goodness in Dracula and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Why does society consider both Dracula and Mr. Hyde as evil people that should be destroyed?

What is the significance of friendship in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Dracula?